MG EVENTS 2003

MG EVENTS 2003

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CSMA CLASSIC FESTIVAL with MGOOC NATIONAL EVENT - Brands Hatch

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JayPeG on the lower banking	Alistair Ross with his extremely nice (and eventual autoglym overall winner) MG	John Hebron's black TD Police Car
Good Lotus in the autoglym concours	Put your sunglasses on for Paul's shiny Midget engine	And here's the whole Midget on the Autoglym examining ramp.
The judges study the paintwork on the boot of JayPeG	Unusual Jensen 541R in the Autoglym Concours	Another shot of JayPeG on display (I promise not to put any more in)
Leslie's almost new TF gets examined in the new autoglym Club Class (they don't look underneath)	Fancy a TF - it's yours for a pound - if you win the raffle that is !	This entrant took the polishing a bit far - now it's just half a B.
The concours cars were ningling with the rusty car bits - here's some old petrol cans lying around.	Phil Bicknell's class winning MGBGT being examined.	A TD with an Aston Martin for company.
It wasn't just MG's - Here's a Plymouth roadster - yours for a snip under £40,000	Here's a couple of jokers on the trail of the lonseome pine.	You've probably been following John Day's restoration of this twin cam MGA - All done now and here's the proof - Ratty in the MGOC marquee.
Interesting MG Mascot	Inside the MGOC tent	The MG SV on show with it's silvered windows.
The day also featured a lot of racing including this Touring car series - That's what happened to thoise old SD1 Rovers then !.	Elaine Osbourne's MGF on the upper level - Autoglym and MGOC class winner.	Roche Bentley sneaking a kiss off Elaine with Richard Monk obtaining photographic evidence.

BRANDS HATCH - MGOC NATIONAL AT THE CSMA CLASSIC FESTIVAL

The letter from Autoglym said to arrive at Brands Hatch between 7am and 8am so it was an early start for us driving around the M25 trying to dodge the grey skies and light showers. Arriving at Brands Hatch we were ushered through the main gate to try to navigate to the MGOC/Autoglym show area. This proved not to be that easy as there were no marshalls to point the way. Having spotted some fellow competitors we negotiated our way to the grassy bank and parked up amongst the autojumble trade stalls to get prepared for the show. Carefully avoiding Alistair Ross' MG being pushed out of the back of its box van we set about with polishing cloths, Quick Detailer, Leather and sponges to get the worst of the journey off the car. Judging started about 9.45 and went on for most of the morning with the autoglym entrants having to drive to their special ramped area to be examined.

Meanwhile the rest of the CSMA Classic Festival was beginning to get in to full swing and we had the chance of a good look around after an early judging session. There was certainly a fair amount to see here with displays by several major manufacturers in cluding Nissan , who brought their new 350Z sports car along with some classic Datsun 240Z's to show they have a heritage. Chrysler showed off the PT Cruiser and a Plymouth roadster whilst Citroen had their new small car , the Pluriel, on display. CSMA were displaying their cars for sale section including a TF and all three Z series MGs at very reasonable prices. At one stall you could even buy a TF for a pound, that is if you won the raffle !. There were many other stalls selling the usual paraphernalia of the motoring world from model cars to Stickers and T shirts etc.

The MGOC had their own marquee in which a silver MG SV took pride of place and drew a lot of interest especially when it sped around the circuit. Personally I wasn't too sure about the silvered windows on this particularly car and the black air inlets jarred against the silver paintwork. There were several other MGs on display in the marquee including the MGA Twin Cam of John Day nicknamed "Ratty" after being discovered housing a nest of rats prior to restoration. The car is now very nice and it's restoration has been covered in detail in past issues of "Enjoying MG". It was good to see it finally on display "in the flesh" and thankfully there was no sign of the original inhabitants. A couple of the MG race cars were also on show along with a selection of older varieties all looking very shiny. Whilst wandering about we also spotted Laurel and Hardy and Charlie Chaplin admiring the machinery on display. Maidstone Sports cars were also showing a cut in half version of a B roadster exposing all the mechanicals of the car - either that or someone was polishing it far too firmly!

Outside on the track the light showers did nothing to dampen the spirits of the racers and after the morning qualifying sessions the racing heated up for the afternoon. Highlight was undoubtedly a round of the Euroboss championship featuring ex Formula One, Indy and F3000 cars. You could feel the excitement mount amongst the crowd as those V10 and 12 engines roared into ear splitting life. As they screamed around the track the organisers attempted to deafen us further with distorted rock music and the commentators shouting to be overheard above it all - some cacophony. One of the best races featured a huge Aston Martin DB4 driven by Andy Jenkinson battling out with Roy Mcarthy's MGBGTV8. The big orange Aston was sliding all over the track but somehow Andy kept it going only to be overtaken by Roy taking advantage of yet another slide. Sadly Roy had to retire before the end leaving Andy the winner. He definitely had the drive of the day though claiming that the front suspension had been softened to "make it more exciting" ! There was also a round of the MGOC Championship in which Malcolm Gammons took the flag in his MGF VVC.

During the day we were also treated to displays of stunt flying, despite the blustery wind, a single spitfire flypast, motorcylce displays, a hostage rescue by the Royal Marines and a casualty recovery by the RAF Search and Rescue helicopter

Meanwhile back at the concours competition the winners were announced and JayPeG was once again pipped at the post by Elaine Osbourne in her MGF "WOoF" who also won her class in the autoglym concours. The other MGF winner was Leslie with her almost new TF in the new Autoglym Club competetion. Roche Bentley of the MGOC handed out the prizes with Richard Monk taking the pictures. Overall winner of the day was Alistair Ross in his immaculate MG N type.